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Bodhi Tree Concerts celebrates ten years of intentional kindness through music with a spectacular star-studded Tenth Anniversary Concert featuring dozens of San Diego’s favorite artists. To mark the occasion in style, co-founders and directors Diana and Walter DuMelle have invited a plethora of artists to perform who have appeared with Bodhi Tree Concerts over its ten-year history of shows and concerts. The concert is also a fundraiser for the company, so that it can continue to carry out its mission of programming diverse repertoire featuring San Diego artists, in order to support charitable organizations in the community. Date | September 25 at 7 p.m. Location | St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla Scheduled to appear are a veritable who’s who of San Diego talent, including: • Pianist and composer Nicolas Reveles & pianist Ines Irawati • Sharmay Musacchio, contralto • Michael Morgan, bass • Jazz artists Irving Flores & Rob Thorsen • Walter DuMelle, bass • Angelina Réaux, soprano • Michael Sokol, baritone • DeAndre Simmons, bass • Alison Luedecke, concert organist • Enrique Toral, tenor • Jonathan Nussman, baritone • Ken Anderson & Dale Fleming, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir San Diego • Vanessa Dinning • Brendan Nguyen, piano, & Lesley Leytham, mezzo-soprano • Isabella & Blanca Valenzuela, flamenco dance • Leonard Patton & Kim Hendrix-Racine •Mark Danisovszky, accordion Subject to changeGet tickets here! General admission: $25 In keeping with Bodhi Tree Concerts’ mission, there will be a food drive at the Tenth Anniversary Concert with all donations going to Feeding San Diego. A silent auction at the event will raise funds for the completion of a brand-new children’s opera, Pancho Rabbit and The Coyote, commissioned by Bodhi Tree Concerts and composed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis with libretto by Quincy Troupe. Thanks to major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Conrad Preys Foundation, this project envisioned by the organization from inception, is becoming a reality. For more information, please contact Bodhi Tree Concerts at bodhitreeconcerts@gmail.com or call (619) 546-7660.

Now in its 21st year, JFEST’s Klezmer Summit is a musical celebration featuring an international all-star line-up celebrating Jewish, jazz and cross-cultural music of hope. Beloved long-time hosts Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi are joined by vocalist Elizabeth Schwartz, guitarist Fred Benedetti, bassist Gunnar Biggs and Irving Flores on piano. Yale Strom, the multiple gifted violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, educator, photographer and playwright is considered a pioneer among klezmer revivalists. Featured soloist Peter Sprague called by the LA Times, “One of the emergent great guitarists." This Summit features San Diego’s jazz giant, Gilbert Castellanos and his trio performing jazz standards by Jewish composers. With nearly 100 recording and film credits, Guadalajara-born San Diego-based musician Gilbert Castellanos has earned international recognition as a composer, curator, educator, arranger and top-call jazz trumpeter. Castellanos has spent over 30 years touring the globe and recording both as a solo artist and with the most renowned names in the industry – Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Wynton Marsalis. The concert offers a tribute to the communities of Ukraine with Efim Chorny (vocals) and Susan Ghergus (piano) from Chisinau, Moldova and jazz singer Petra Ernyei and Adam Tvrny (guitar) from Prague, Czech Republic. Visit: https://lyceumevents.org/show-detail.php?id=674 San Diego Repertory Theatre on Facebook

Premieres Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Poet Terrance Hayes and clarinetist Anthony McGill have been resolute in pursuit of their destinies.

Explore the archetype of tricksters in stories, mythical and historical, with members of Storytellers of San Diego featuring Raven from the pacific northwest, a scoundrel/adventurer who figures largely in the Donner Party saga, and more. Join us online for literary, folkloric, personal and historical tales to pique your interest and delight you with the oral tradition on video. Hosted by Fred Laskowski, with David Schmidt, Mindy Donner and introducing Melanie Lococo. Best for ages 12 and up. Visit http://www.storytellersofsandiego.org This event is in support of Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro.

The tuxedo jacket features iconic features of New York, including the Brooklyn Bridge. It also displays a large handgun with a red slash through it.

Juliette Binoche is a woman whose life is disrupted by the return of a former lover. Both Sides of the Blade sounds like soap-opera material, but nothing about the film feels trite or predictable.

Mark your calendar and join us on June 1, where we’ll talk about SEO Audit Services with nuances for California businesses: How competitive is SEO in my field and location? What is the value of the potential SEO traffic that I’m currently getting? Is SEO actually an opportunity I should pursue? If not, what are better, more cost-effective options? Embrace the opportunity to learn and pose questions directly to our marketing advisor – Howard Lee. Space is extremely limited, but we promise you’ll come away with advice and tips that will help you with your marketing efforts! See you there!

Lil Nas X, who publicly came out in 2019, says his sexuality was a reason for his lack of BET Awards nominations this year.

Western defense officials are meeting to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine. Germany has resisted their efforts to persuade the country to export its Leopard 2 tanks, or allow others to do so.

The layoffs at Google follow similarly huge cuts at Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce. Tech companies who hired rapidly during the pandemic now face fears of recession.